G/TBT/N/BDI/135  
G/TBT/N/KEN/1117  
G/TBT/N/RWA/514  
G/TBT/N/TZA/624  
G/TBT/N/UGA/1376  
2 September 2021  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  BURUNDI, KENYA, RWANDA, TANZANIA, UGANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@u nbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notificati on shall be indicated if different from above:   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Fresh 
mushrooms; Fresh or chilled mushrooms of the genus "Agaricus" (HS 070951); 
Vegetables and derived products (ICS 67.080.20)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DEAS 56:2021, 
Fresh mushrooms  — Specification, Second Edition (14 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft East African Standard specifies requirements for 
edible mushrooms, the carpophores (fruiting bodies) of strains grown from the genus 
Agaricus (syn. Psalliota) to be supplied fresh to the consumer.  This standard does not 
apply to mushrooms for industrial processing.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive pract ices and 
consumer protection; Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the 
environment; Quality requirements; Harmonization; Reducing trade barriers and 
facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
1. CAC/RCP 44, Recommended international code of practice for packaging and 
transport  
2. CAC/RCP 53, Code of hygienic practice for fresh fruits and vegetables  G/TBT/N/BDI/135, G/TBT/N/KEN/1117, G/TBT/N/RWA/514, G/TBT/N/TZA/624, 
G/TBT/N/UGA/1376  
 
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  3. EAS 38, Labeling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
4. ISO 874; Fresh fruits and vegetables — Sampling.  
5. US 1612:2015, Fr esh mushroom — Specification  
EAS 56:2000, Fresh mushrooms — Specification   
UNECE Standard FFV -24, Cultivated mushrooms: 2017 edition  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  To be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Uganda National Bureau of Standards  
Plot 2 -12 ByPass Link, Bweyogerere Industrial and Business Park  
P.O. Box 6329  
Kampala, Uganda  
Tel: +(256) 4 1733 3250/1/2  
Fax: +(256) 4 1428 6123  
E-mail: info@unbs.go.ug  
Website: https://www.unbs.go.ug  
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